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Bright Guys

Plays by Neil Simon are often maligned because amateurs regard them as invulnerable fortresses of entertainment value, resulting in some dreadful versions of fundamentally solid plays. Also, many of the scripts are merely brilliantly hysterical, teaching us nothing about our world or the human condition. But not even that is...
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Ashley Cooper’s Modern Brush Strokes iPhone Case

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: If you're of the opinion that your phone should be just as stylish as the rest of your outfit, Ashley Cooper has some celly cases you need to...
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Cannes: The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis

I. First, Something About the Badges (Then We'll Get to the Coens) Someday I'm going to write a song and call it "Ballad of the Blue Badge." I haven't figured out a rhyme scheme yet, let alone a melody, so please allow this outline to suffice: At Cannes, the color...
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Vintage Inc.: More Than Ever, Other People’s Junk Is Big Business

Lewis Pizer is shopping. He's been at it since dawn, driving from one end of town to the other, whipping through tiny secondhand shops and hangar-like thrift stores, pawing piles of other people's junk, hoping to unearth an unusual treasure. At one scuzzy hole in the wall where the proprietor...
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Chef Kevin Binkley a Finalist for James Beard Award

Today, the James Beard Foundation Awards, also known as the Oscars of the culinary world, culled its huge February listing of restaurant and chef semifinalists into a short selection of finalists for this year's awards, which will be announced on Monday, May 6, at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in...
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Little Black Dress from Litter & Vintage

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: An LBD for all seasons, this flowy 1970s frock by Leslie Fay is a cocktail hour requirement. Where: Litter & Vintage Cost: $49 See also: - Great Gatsby...
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Top Five Phoenix Food and Restaurant News Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all...
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Say Yes to the Dress

Traipsing about in a flowing frock after partaking of a drink or two is a potentially hazardous endeavor. For proof, look no further than Jennifer Lawrence’s much-ballyhooed inebriated tumble in a Dior gown while racing to claim her gold statue at the Oscars.It’s something that those participating in this year’s...
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15 Must-Attend Summer Events in Arizona

Vacations are nice, sure. But when money is tight and work schedules even tighter, it helps to have some in-town entertainment to break up those long days of summer. Here are our top picks for summer events in and around the Valley. See Also: Seven Free Summer Yoga Classes in...
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The Five Best XXX Superhero Parodies (NSFW)

Whenever a new comic book movie hits theaters, two things are pretty certain -- it will rake in an effload of cash (Green Lantern notwithstanding) and porn producers somewhere will have an utterly explicit parody of the flick out in short order. Case in point: the latest Superman cinematic adventure...
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Crêpe Bar Hosts Oscar-Themed ASU Film Center Benefit

Tasty crêpes and even more delicious celebrity gossip from Hollywood's golden age finally come together in a night to benefit ASU's Center for Film, Media and Popular Culture at the "Dishing On Oscar: Award Tales with Taste" event. The best part is that it's all happening at one of our...
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Top 5 Things to Do in Phoenix This Weekend

Hello, weekend. We promise not to waste you. Here's how. Picasso at the Lapin Agile @ Brelby Studio For those of us who delight in the absurd, there is never enough Steve Martin to go around -- no matter how many bluegrass records and TV cameos he makes, or the...
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Floral Button-Down from Vintage by Misty at Nové

Gem features one standout piece from a local shop. Whether it's a jacket, necklace, or handbag, it's on our have-to-have list. What: This 1980s Dorothy Perkins silk blouse has a bold botanical print that unites summer brights with the inescapable (and über-comfortable) pajama trend. Where: Vintage by Misty at Nové...
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10 Favorite Places to Window Shop in Metro Phoenix

The great American pastime of window-shopping is best done during the summer months, when time is spent indoors and there are no obligations to buy holiday gifts. Although you might want to reach for your wallet at every turn, sometimes a lack of funds and/or necessity prevents those impulse purchases...
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Lens Flares and the End of Film

Daniel Mindel, A.S.C., is part of an ever-shrinking population: cinematographers who have yet to shoot a feature digitally. He acknowledges that he "will be forced" to do it eventually by "the corporate entities that drive our industry," but he believes "there is no need to use an inferior technology at...
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This Oz Is Neither Great Nor Powerful

It's a bad omen when, early on in Oz the Great and Powerful, we learn that the full given name of its wizard is Oscar, also the ceremony that star James Franco once presided over as calamitously as he does this sagging Disney tentpole, a gargantuan attempt to turn L...